Quasi-experimental study of the effectiveness of an integrated service delivery network for the frail elderly

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-246

  Tourigny, André ^a,d   Durand, Pierre J ^a   Bonin, Lucie ^b   Hébert, Réjean ^c   Rochette, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Effectiveness; Evaluation; Frail elderly; Health services; Integrated service delivery network

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED SERVICE DELIVERY NETWORK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING AID;

EID: 7644232194     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2004.0038     Document Type: Article

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